ssi #include does not work

[rommie]

I'm running Abyss Web Server X1 (v2.3.2) a few months now. Everything works excellent.

Totday i i tried to use SSI
My index.html contain besides the other code:
<!-- #include file="menu.shtml" -->
and
<!-- #include file="voet.shtml" -->

In my host SSI processing was enabled already. The extension shtml is listed at the Associated Extensions.

When viewing the page index.html with a browser the content of both shtml-files is now shown.
Am i doing something wrong?

[Marty]

Include index.shtml to your Index Files listings
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[AbyssUnderground]

Thats what an SSI does. What did you expect it to do?
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[rommie]

Thanks for replying.

I expected ssi to show the content of menu.shtml and voet.shtml.

About index.shtml: can i just copy my index.html (containing the two #include file) to index.shtml?

[Marty]

[rommie]

i understand
i added "index.shtml" to the Index Files-listing of my host and restarted it. But it still does not work.
btw my htdocs-folder does not contain a file called index.shtml

[AbyssUnderground]

[rommie]

i deleted the index.htm and renamed identical index.html to index.shtml.
It still does not work!

[rommie]

SSI still doesn't work.
I read the messages on this forum and the online help about this subject.

Can anyone tell me where to find a tutorial/e-boot/website containing examples/troubleshooting SSI on Abyss Web Server X1?

[aprelium]

rommie,

The file name extension should be .shtml to have it processed as SSI.

Do a test with a file test.shtml containing:

[rommie]

I put the .shtml-file on the server and requested the file in my browser

I see a long list (more than one page) starting with
PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
and ending with
DOCUMENT_NAME=test.shtml

[TRUSTAbyss]

That means that SSI is working.

What you see from #printenv, is the Server's Environment Variables
list, which can be used in your SSI enabled pages.

outputing an Environment variable:

[rommie]

I discovered one thing: i did not use the <pre></pre> tags.

My website consists of about 10-html pages (.html). Each page calls menu.shtml and voet.shtml. Should i rename *.html to *.shtml? I this the clue? Should both files to include AND files calling the to includefiles be renamed to the .shtml-extension?

[TRUSTAbyss]

Yes, or you can add "html" as an Associated Extension for SSI.

[rommie]

Ok, i'll try it. I will rename all *.html to *.shtml.

Do you advise me to remove index.htm/html from "Index Files" in the host configuration?

10minutes later:
I get bored about this.
I renamed *.html to *.shtml
I added index.shtml to "Index Files"
My SSI is enabled and *.shtml is listed

When i open index.html in my browser the two "file includes" don't show up. So a window without header and footer.

Help !!!

[pkSML]

Rommie, what happens if you access /index.shtml? If you're going to use shtml files for index files, either increase the priority of shtml index files or delete html and htm from the index files list.

Also, make sure your SSI includes are formatted properly. Notice how they are different from HTML comments. (Look at where the spaces are -- and aren't.)

[rommie]

Thanks everyone for helping me. Despite all the help i wasn't able to get my website running with SSI.

My goal was making maintaining my website more easy by not having to change every webpage when changing the menu or the footer. Of course there are more ways to do this.

I use Frontpage 2003 for designing my website. I converted my complete website this week using the Dynamic Web Template option. This works good till now. The only disadvantage is that when i choose another designprogram, i have to redesign my website again.